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No. 724,905. PATENTED APR. 7, 1903.

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MARTEN MANFRED, or sARTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 724,905, clatd. April 7, 1903.

Application filed August 29, 1902; Serial No. 121A'l8. (No model.)

T0 at whom it ntcty concern:

Be it known that LMARTEN MANFRED,a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of- Santa Barbara,in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Table, of which the following.

is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a table designed especially to have games played thereon, and the leading feature resides in a peculiarly-arranged movable top-section which when released exposes a compartment under the topsurface of the table, in which game appara-' tus may be stowed.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table, showing the said movable section raised. Fig. 2 is a detail section taken vertically through the stem of the table, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The base of the table comprises a member or base proper, a, and legs I) of any desired form for sustaining it. A stem is mounted on the base and is formed of a number of parallel bars 0 and 0, here shown to be four in number. Of these bars the three designated 0 are rigidly attached to the base and to the body (1 of the table, while the fourth bar, 0, is rigidly attached to the base and carries at its upper end a pin 0 which is movable in a slight slot formed in the body 01 of the table, so that the free end of said bar 0 is slightly movable toward and from the center of the stem. v

6 indicates a clamping-ring which is fitted to slide vertically on the stem, its lowermost position being illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the bars 0 and c at'points above this position being slightly reduced or tapered, so that when the clamping-ring e is moved down it forces the movable bar 0 inward for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The body (1 of the table has a top or table surface 61, and it has formed centrally therein a cavity or compartment 01 which forms the receptacle for the game apparatus, as above referred to.

e indicates the movable section of the tabletop. This section, as here shown, is formed with checker-marks thereon, so that the table itself may be employed as a checker-board. The section e is shown in open position in Fig. 1, and thus the compartment cl is exposed. This section 9 is, however, capable of being moved downward to lie over the compartment and cover it, said section e fitting snugly in the opening formed in the top 01' of the table.

The section a is carried by a shank-bar j, which passes downward through an opening inthe body (1 of the table, as best shown in Fig. 2, and is fitted to slide between the sections 0 and c of the stem.

'findicates a stud to limit the movement of the shank-bar.

g indicates an expansive spring, which is placed between the base and the shank-barf and which tends to throw upward the movable section e through the medium of the barf.

When the section e is pressed down so as to lie flush with thetop of the table and close the compartment 01 the spring 9 is compressed, and when the clamping-ring e is moved downwardthe bar'c is forced inward to tightly pinch the shank-bar f, and thus the movable section 6 is held down and the table maybe usedin the usual manner; nor does it even appear externally that the table is of any more than ordinary construction. To reach the interior, however, it is only necessary to raise the ring e, whereupon the spring 9 throws up the section (2 and exposes the cavity (1 Various'changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a table, the combination of a base, a stem mounted thereon and comprisinga yielding part, a table-body rigidly attached to the rigid part of the stem and having a movable top-section, a shank-bar attached to the topsection and slidably carried by the stem, and a clamping device mounted on the stem and capable of moving the said yielding part of the stem against the shank-bar, to hold it.

2. The combination of a base, a hollow stem mounted thereon and having a yielding part, a table-body rigidly fastened to the rigid part of the stem and having a movable top-section, a shank-bar attached to the said movable topsection and slidably fitted in the stern, and a clamping-ring working on the stem and adapted to press said yielding part thereof against the shank-bar.

3. The combination of a base, a hollow stem mounted thereon and having a yielding part, a table-body rigidly fastened to the rigid part of the stem and having a movable top-section, a shank-bar attached to the said movable topsection and slidably fitted in the stem, a clamping-ring working on the stem and adapted to press said yielding part thereof against the shank-bar, and a spring bearing on the base and extending into the lower part of the stem to engage the shank-bar and press the same upward.

4. The combination of a base, a stem mounted thereon and having a yielding part, a table-bod y fastened rigidly to the rigid part of the stem, a top-section movable relatively to the table-body, a shank-bar attached to the movable top-section and sliding in the stem, and a clamping-ring movable on the outside of the stem, the said yielding part of the stem having an inclined surface against which the clamping-ring bears, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of a base, a stem mounted thereon and having a yielding part, a table-body fastened rigidly to the rigid part of the stem, a top-section movable relatively to the table-body, a shank-bar attached to the movable top-section and sliding in the stem, a clamping-ring movable on the outside of the stem, the said yielding part of the stem having an inclined surface against which the clamping-ring bears, for the purpose speci fied, and a spring bearing on the base and lying in the lower portion of the stem to engage the lower end of the shank-bar and press the same upward.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTEN MANFRED.

Witnesses:

JAMES G. JEFFRESS, JOSEPH WYLIE. 

